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Gilliflowers: Future of The Pride
Originally Posted to my Subscribe Star Dec '23
A kathden mother and her son, unaware of how they're changing the path of their people forever. The other women of her pride think she's both unlucky and slightly mad, she has only ever had sons and so lives alone, but unlike the other boys she keeps her sons with her during the day, not just when hunting and butchering, but also cooking, sewing, making pots, and setting fires, her whole day she has them trotting at her heels, learning women's ways. Their king lets it go as she doesn't put up a fight when her sons are of age and must leave, and that's really all he cares about. All over the world there are women like her, not many, but a few, outliers, slightly mad sending feminine boys out into the wild to forge their own way. They, like her, have no idea how well they've set up their sons for success, how, on average, more of them will survive, able to cook better, store better, build and protect themselves better, not just hunt, not just fight. They will win their own prides, some small, some large, and some will succeed in changing the minds of the women who live under them, and their sons will do better too. This mother and her son don't know and will never appreciate their role in changing the path of their people in the south, always successful, they are about to take a huge step forwards towards larger more complex groups and cooperation. A few hundred years later and boys will no longer be driven away, prides will become collections of family groups and what will become known as the 'modern era' will begin for the kathden.
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A kathden mother and her son, unaware of how they're changing the path of their people forever. The other women of her pride think she's both unlucky and slightly mad, she has only ever had sons and so lives alone, but unlike the other boys she keeps her sons with her during the day, not just when hunting and butchering, but also cooking, sewing, making pots, and setting fires, her whole day she has them trotting at her heels, learning women's ways. Their king lets it go as she doesn't put up a fight when her sons are of age and must leave, and that's really all he cares about. All over the world there are women like her, not many, but a few, outliers, slightly mad sending feminine boys out into the wild to forge their own way. They, like her, have no idea how well they've set up their sons for success, how, on average, more of them will survive, able to cook better, store better, build and protect themselves better, not just hunt, not just fight. They will win their own prides, some small, some large, and some will succeed in changing the minds of the women who live under them, and their sons will do better too. This mother and her son don't know and will never appreciate their role in changing the path of their people in the south, always successful, they are about to take a huge step forwards towards larger more complex groups and cooperation. A few hundred years later and boys will no longer be driven away, prides will become collections of family groups and what will become known as the 'modern era' will begin for the kathden.
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Category Artwork (Digital) / Fantasy
Species Feline (Other)
Size 2283 x 1614px
File Size 4.05 MB
This is such a beautiful piece of artwork, and I especially love the story you've written to accompany it! The concept of outliers like this mother quietly shaping the future of their people is so beautiful. I also really appreciate how you explore the importance of teaching these "women's ways" to her sons, skills like cooking, sewing, and fire-making are so important and universal, I’d argue that it doesn't make them feminine boys. Survival depends on these arts, and it's wonderful to imagine how her legacy might ripple forward through time. Absolutely love the thoughtfulness behind this!
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